The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Powers relating to travel restrictionsE+W

X129.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is about to enter an area in contravention of—

(a)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1,

(b)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2,

(c)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3, or

(d)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4.

(2) The enforcement officer may direct the person not to enter the area.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is in an area in contravention of—

(a)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1,

(b)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 2,

(c)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3, or

(d)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 4.

(4) The enforcement officer may—

(a)direct the person to leave the area;

(b)remove the person from the area.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is about to leave an area in contravention of—

(a)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1,

(b)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 2, or

(c)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3.

(6) The enforcement officer may direct the person not to leave the area.

(7) Paragraph (8) applies where an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has left an area in contravention of—

(a)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1,

(b)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 2, or

(c)paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3.

(8) The enforcement officer may—

(a)direct the person to return to the area;

(b)return the person to the area.

Editorial Information

X1Editorial note: This provision is to be read with the temporary modifications set out in Sch. 5 para. 2 of these Regulations

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 29 in force at 20.12.2020, see reg. 1(3)